Read about Belle Reve in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.
Plus: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian partied at Belle Reve; the "Door in the Dark" installation at the Tribeca Film Festival; Community Board 1's new members include a 17-year-old; J. Crew's Mickey Drexler attempts a bold flip.
Despite the Beat-era trappings, Belle Reve calls more to mind someplace Gus Van Sant might've hung out in the 90s—someplace that probably would've made more sense in the Tribeca of the 90s. / 2 comments
Plus: More details about Northern Tiger; open poetry mic at Belle Reve; carry water for charity; Community Board 1's affordable housing report.
Plus: Petite Abeille is renewing its sidewalk café?; northeast Tribeca's jazz renaissance; Brookfield Place emergency-response exercise; Piranesi exhibit at Jonathan Burden.
Plus: Dave Chappelle played piano at Belle Reve; New York Sports & Joints opening in Tribeca; El Vez Burrito update; gallery leaving for the Lower East Side; Kutsher's Passover pop-up. / 1 comment
Plus: Where the South Street Seaport proposal stands now; more on the idea of tolling East River bridges; Lower Broadway finally getting nicer; Sheldon Silver's school overcrowding task force; new musical about young people; FiDi hotel pipe burst. / 1 comment
Plus: Firefighters at Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs; burst pipe on Greenwich; update on Christina Lehr's shop; Downtown Little League; Belle Reve menu. / 11 comments
Belle Reve is a "Bar & Restaurant with live music & spirited atmosphere!" / 2 comments
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